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Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009)
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The true story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, rough, serious, bleak, psychological thriller, dark, crime drama, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, life is a bitch, law enforcement, violence spree, biopic, true crime, investigation, drifter, criminal psychology, killer, manipulation, confession, moral ambiguity, violent, trauma, forensics, police procedural, cold case, killing spree, investigative journalism, courtroom, murderer, deadly ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
texas, kansas city
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Most similar movies to Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about serial killer, murder, killer, killing spree, psychopath, true crime and deadly mostly in Crime, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas: Bundy: A Legacy of Evil (2009), Freeway Killer (2010), Gacy (2003), Killer Nurse (2008), House on the Hill (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Bundy, starring Corin Nemec in the title role and co-starring Kane Hodder, details the dark psyche and previously unexplored motivations of the man who became known as one of the most notorious serial killers to leave behind a legacy of evil.
Style:
serious, slasher, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, psychopath, woman in danger, violence spree, gory, biopic, killer, true crime, serial killer, ted bundy, killing spree ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A horror film based on a real-life mass murder that took place in 1966. Richard Franklin Speck was a mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966.
Style:
slasher, tense, rough, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, sexual abuse, murder, psychopath, violence spree, confined, hostage, journalism, maniac, brutality, misogynist, psychiatrist ...
Time:
60s, 90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa, dallas texas, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, strong violent content, rape and murder, who done it, life is a bitch, physical appearance, mentally unstable, stalking, law enforcement, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Henry has wandered into a small town looking for work and a place to stay. He gets a job delivering and cleaning porto-potties and moves in with a co-worker until he gets his feet off of the ground. Henry and his new friend soon start to kill.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, psychological, terrifying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, serial killer as protagonist, exploitation, killer, killing spree, brutality, violence, freak, misfit, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on a true story of serial killer a model citizen, loving father and husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his house which he shared with his family.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, slasher, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, clown, true crime, biopic, sexual abuse, police investigation, obsession, police detective, life is a bitch, double life, killer clown, killer ...
Time:
70s, 50s
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, psychopath, law enforcement, violence spree, police investigation, stalking, mind game, danger, criminal, cannibal ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, texas
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
He called himself the Angel of death but when the police department discovered that he was involved in over 40 deaths his name soon became Killer nurse in the beginning it was his story against theirs. Soon he gave up his version of the events and ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, killer, killing spree, mentally unstable, haunted by the past, law enforcement, hospital, investigation, death, police procedural, mature ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, "House On The Hill" is a true crime melodrama with strong horror elements, chronicling the outrageous 1980s murder spree of serial killer Leonard Lake, who would target, kidnap, rob and kill people - and even whole ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, investigation, torture, private investigator, killing spree, true crime, murder, search and rescue, sole survivor, learning the truth, violence ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
55%
Movie in collections
643
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
Style:
realistic, serious, slasher, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence spree, murder, investigation, police detective, danger, law enforcement, woman in danger, stalking, true crime, killing spree, blood ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston ...
Style:
serious, psychological, scary, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, confined, psychopath, prison life, prison, law enforcement, killer, biopic, killing spree, manipulation, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After being arrested, a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his traveling companions, his friend and friend's sister. But the police can't be sure whether to ...
Style:
slasher, controversial, psychological, detective, independent film ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, killer, exploitation, sex crime, killing spree, serial murder, true crime, prostitute, police detective, gory, sexual abuse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, danger, investigation, psychopath, rivalry, mind game, curses spells and rituals, murderer, tough guy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A stylish horror film based on the life of Richard Ramirez, aka the Nightstalker, who terrorized people in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
Style:
suspense, slasher, serious, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, true crime, police investigation, murder, mind game, danger, murderous pair, law enforcement, killing spree, violence, biopic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.
Style:
crime drama, tense, psychological thriller, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, strangler, investigation, serial murder, police procedural, urban, manhunt, violent, female victim, law enforcement, cat and mouse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Style:
rough, psychological, bleak, scary, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, killing spree, investigation, police detective, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa
Similarity:
48%
286
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Gruesome true story of murderer Richard Speck who killed eight nursing students in one night in Chicago during the late sixties. The story also follows him to his prison fate and uncovers more of his strange behavoir before his death.
Style:
dark, disturbing, psychological, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, biopic, violence, rape, murder, sexual abuse, home invasion, psychopath, prison, dormitory, trauma ...
Time:
60s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A serial rapist is loose in the Hong Kong suburb of Tuen Mun. Based on the true story of Lam Kwok-wai, who raped and murdered women in the early 90s.
Style:
disturbing, dark, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, rape, sexual assault, violence, victimization, murder, psychopath, investigation, social commentary, suburbs, police procedural ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1958 Nebraska 19 year old garbageman Charles Starkweather goes on a murder spree with his 14 year old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate killing 11 people in three months, introducing America to spree killing.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, road movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, lovers on the run, psychopath, police investigation, mind game, teenage life, gory, law enforcement, violence spree, chase, true crime ...
Place:
nebraska, usa, wyoming
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Veteran Boogey Man and Zodiac Killer director Ulli Lommel continues his long tradition of delivering tense thrills with this relentless look at the life of the elusive, Kansas-based serial killer known to authorities only as "B.T.K." ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murderer, police investigation, life is a bitch, chase, investigation, police detective, danger, law enforcement, violence, serial murder, killer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, kansas
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Early 20th century. Albert Fish, a seemingly benevolent father and grandfather who reared his family by himself after his wife deserted them, turns out to be a serial child molester and murderer. Based on a true story.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, police detective, child murder, investigation, danger, psychopath, kidnapping, killer, true crime, child killer, missing child ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, manhunt, stalking, master criminal, police investigation, psychopath, mind game, danger, law enforcement, special agent, true crime, church ...
Place:
usa, kansas
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Serial killer Keith Jesperson murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
Style:
disturbing, crime drama, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, murder, true crime, murderer, homicidal maniac, serial murder, taunting, killing, crime solving, investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
north america, oregon
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
"Infliction" is the actual assembled footage taken from the cameras belonging to two brothers, who documented a murder spree in North Carolina.
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
found footage, murder, killing spree, gory, family problems, vengeance, serial killer, true crime, mature, violent, realism, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A man of the cloth finds his faith challenged both by the death of one of his closest relatives and the aftermath of the crime in this thriller. When a man is murdered under mysterious circumstances, his brother, a Catholic priest (Richard Grieco), ...
Style:
tense, bleak, mind bending, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, art, priest, investigation, obsession, hidden identity, law enforcement, clergy, murder, monastery, painter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
puerto rico, latin america
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jim Van Bebber's "The Manson Family" is an extremely violent and bloody horror film that reconstructs the early activities of the Family and their descent into the Tate-LaBianca killings.Van Bebber mixes this with a contemporary sub ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, art house, terrifying, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, charles manson, true crime, exploitation, gory, biopic, killer, hippie, criminal, erotica, killing spree, violent ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
columbus ohio
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, arrest, biopic, life is a bitch, psycho killer, neighbor, killer, schizophrenia, cannibalism, decapitation ...
Time:
y2k, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
texas, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Richard Ramirez, dubbed "The Night Stalker" by the media, a serial killer who killed somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 souls during his reign of terror in Los Angeles back in the Eighties
Style:
serious, scary, rough, realistic, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, danger, true crime, devil worship, blasphemy, violence, satanist, killing spree, killer, stalking, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 2009, the small town of Cohasset, Massachusetts was rocked with tragedy. A 17-year-old high school senior named Collin Mason murdered three classmates. All the murders were videotaped and uploaded to the Internet via bit torrent sites and for ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, mockumentary, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, high school, murder, high school student, found footage, small town, small town life, computers and web, investigation, violence, teenager, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Based on true events, tells how a serial murderer, kidnaps and tortures then bandaging girls like mummies.
Style:
psychological, scary, slasher, rough, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, mummy, deadly creature, psychopath, law enforcement, supernatural, police detective, parents and children, murder, psychiatrist, gory, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, biopic, father son relationship, gay, cannibal ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, kansas city
Similarity:
41%
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